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my platy gave birth about 2 days ago and she still looks fat. is she still pregnant or is she pregnant again or is she just fat? HERE ARE SOME PICTURES http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/fishda45/DSC_0964.jpg http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/fishda45/DSC_0962.jpg...

so i was expecting for my female platy to give birth at the end of the week. but when i woke up today i saw that she became thin. i found 5 platy fry swimming around my tank. so i put them in a small jar so my adult platies won eat them. also i put air pump in the jar. (they probably ate the...

I just really do feel that there's something off with my tank.

i only feed them once a day though. about .25-1 ppm. i have no choice though. i have 1 male and 2 female. if i only put 2 platy my male is harassing my female.

so for the first two weeks i was doing a fish less cycle and decided to do it with fish. so now i'm in my third week of cycling and in my first week of fish-in cycling. i've been doing 20%-50% PWC 1-2 times daily depending on my ammonia results. i don't know if i did something wrong but...

i have hiding spots though. and my new female platy seems shy. she doesn't come close to the 2 platy. she just stays in the corner.

so i bought 2 platy about 3 days ago, 1 male and 1 female. then i saw how the male is harassing the only female. so yesterday i bought another female platy, and my male is still aggressively harassing my 2 female platy. i have a 5.5g tank and i don't want to add another fish in it. i don't...

My ph ia about 7.5 and temp is about 82 F. And by 30 im assuming it's 30 C not 30 F :)

here's another update! i've been cycling for 15 days already but my ammonia is still the same --> 4ppm. i am really getting frustrated and annoyed. my nitrite and nitrate is still 0. i don't know what to do to speed up the process. and i really think i messed up the cycle and i don't want to...

here's another update! i've been cycling for 15 days already but my ammonia is still the same --> 4ppm. i am really getting frustrated and annoyed. my nitrite and nitrate is still 0. i don't know what to do to speed up the process. and i really think i messed up the cycle and i don't want to...

Yes im doing a fishless cycle

Hi there! When i started cyclin my tank 12 days ago my water also became cloudy after 4 days of cycling. I washed my ornaments and gravel. The cloudyness could probobly be bacterial bloom. I woke up today and saw my tank crystal clear. Also try to just wash your ornament properly. Dont need to...

So today is my 12th day in cycling my 5.5 gallon tank. I woke up today and saw my used to be cloudy tank crystal clear. I did an ammonia and nitrite test and the results are still the same. Ammonia is 4. Ppm and nitrite is still 0. I was thinking about doing a 10% water change tomorrow but im...

i just wanted to do an update on my new tank cycling . so for the past few days i've been doing about 10% water change on my 5.5 gallon tank. i managed to keep the ammonia level from 2. to 4. ppm. there is still no nitrite every time i do a water test. i don't know, is this normal? cause i...

Alright you guys, so i added household ammonia to my 5.5 gal freshwater fishless cycling tank and it bumped the number to 8. Ppm. Is that bad? Should i just leave it alone or make a maybe 10% water change?

Alright you guys, so i added household ammonia to my 5.5 gal freshwater fishless cycling tank and it bumped the number to 8. Ppm. Is that bad? Should i just leave it alone or make a maybe 10% water change?

thanks! i've been searching the internet for weeks to fully understand tank cycling! thanks to your explanation i genuinly understand it now LOL

feed your fish frozen peas!! it's a detoxifier. also i would recommend you to cycle your new tank for at least 4 weeks. also check your water parameters. another thing! you should only add about 2-3 fishes at once in your new tank to prevent too mush toxic!

is your tank new or not? cause i see the picture on the right, your fish looks like it's suffering from ammonia poisoning. its gills are red

thankyou so much! you just made tank cycling really clear for me!! hahaha!

I'm planning to add ammonia! the ingredients of my ammonia is ammonium hydroxide. and it is scentless. so you're saying that i should just bump the number to 4ppm and just leave it alone to cycle?

fish less cycle :)

so i did a water test today... its my 7th day in the cycle. I'm being a little color bling today hahaha so this is my reading for ammonia! http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/fishda45/DSC_0738.jpg i can't distinguish the right color, since there are so many shades of green hahaha. it is...

the tank smells fishy. i went to petsmart the other day and they told me to do a water change, i did but there's still that "fishy smell". i don't want to do a daily water change cause it might mess up my cycle.

so i've been cycling my 5.5 gal tank for about 5 days now. it is cloudy and looks dirty and IT SMELLS BAD. And it is stinking my whole room i think this is because of the fish flakes i use to "feed" it. i'm doing a fishless cycle. my questions are: 1. should i just vacuum my gravel and maybe...

if say i would use the blue ribbon clear ammonia. how much should i put in my 5.5 gal tank? should i use it everyday till my tank finish cycling?

thanks terry!

i'm actually just in my 5th day of cycle today and I'm planning to get fish next week. i am excited and very impatient, hahaha. it is very frustrating to see an empty tank :(

i'm "feeding" my tank with fish flakes. I'm worried that if i vaccum my gravel and do a water change might disrupt my cycle and kill good bacteria.

should i vacuum my gravel while tank is cycling? cause my tank is really cloudy and it bothers me a lot and i think it is dirty. i've had my new tank for about 5 days now. it is a 5.5 gal tank Freshwater tank for guppy ammonia .25 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 pH about 7.5 temp. 75-82 F here's what it...

can i put guppy fish in tank after 2 weeks of cycle even thought tank is not yet finish cycling? in other words can i do cycle WITH fish after 2 weeks of fishLESS cycle?

i actually use fish flakes instead of ammonia products.

so i got a 5.5 gal tank saturday jun 9 2012. i've been cycling it for 5 days already. i tested it today and the readings are------ > .25 ammonia, 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, and pH is about 7.5.... i'm planing a guppy tank. and also the tank is really cloudy and I'm doing a fish less cycle. i've been...

thankyou. you really helped me!!

I'm taking your advice! thank you very much! and one more question how much more longer do you think should i wait till the cycle ends?

yes i use a conditioner. so this thing happening with my tank right now is normal? cause I'm really worried that the cloudiness and water change might make the cycling process longer. and i really excited to put new fish in my tank hahaha

at first i did a cycle with one zebra danio fish, but then it died. so i felt really bad and now I'm doing a fishless cycle. i added fish flake in the first 3 days but then i stopped because the water became really cloudy.

so i got a 5.5 gal tank saturday jun 9 2012. i've been cycling it for 5 days already. i tested it today and the readings are------ > .25 ammonia, 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, and pH is about 7.5.... i'm planing a guppy tank. and also the tank is really cloudy and I'm doing a fish less cycle. so my...

so i got a 5.5 gal tank saturday jun 9 2012. i've been cycling it for 5 days already. i tested it today and the readings are------ > .25 ammonia, 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, and pH is about 7.5.... i'm planing a guppy tank. and also the tank is really cloudy and I'm doing a fish less cycle. so my...